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EmmaHewitt
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 Message 1 of 20
11 February 2011 at 9:53am | IP Logged 
Hello, this is my first post, and I had a question regarding Rosetta stone. I would be
using the program to learn Korean, and what I want to get out of it is to be able to have
basic conversation in Korean, and be able to learn how to read in Korean. I’m not worried
about grammar and such right now because I am going to be taking Korean language classes
at university, but I would like to have a decent background on speaking and reading ahead
of time. So I can get as much out of my classes before I study abroad in Korean. Thank
you!
***edit if i did this i would complete levels 1-3. price isn't a problem, i actually
already got the program and audio companion for free.

Edited by EmmaHewitt on 11 February 2011 at 9:55am

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Cainntear
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 Message 2 of 20
11 February 2011 at 10:51am | IP Logged 
Short answer: no.

If you want a longer explanation, search for Rosetta Stone in the forum archives. I don't think you'll find a single thread that isn't full of detailed criticism of the methodology.
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EmmaHewitt
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11 February 2011 at 5:16pm | IP Logged 
Hmm yeah i just looked through some old threads, it seems as though a lot of people don't
like it, but also a lot of people do. it appears that most of the people who didn't like
it were using the version 2 (or just didnt like the price, but this isnt a problem for me
because i get it for free). but yeah, i think ill search for some other methods before i
actually start learning korean. i'm one of those people who likes to have everything
planned out before i start something. something that is kind of annoying is that if i did
decide to do rosetta stone is that they don't have level 4 and 5 for korean, and i asked
their customer service chat if they would be getting level 4 and 5 for korean and they
said they didn't know.
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 Message 4 of 20
11 February 2011 at 5:40pm | IP Logged 
Other than the dislike for RS that I've read here and other places, I have no experience with the product. But take your study preferences into consideration before you think of buying RS or any other strictly computer-based course.

Maybe you like to confine your learning to one place - namely the computer. Personally, I like all my study materials to be portable, whether they're MP3s or paperbacks (or combination).

R.
==
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Sanghee
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 Message 5 of 20
11 February 2011 at 5:54pm | IP Logged 
One of the first things I did when I decided I wanted to learn Korean was I purchased Rosetta Stone V3 [I don't have TOTALe so some of my problems may be addressed by the additional features of V4]. It's not going to teach you to read, but that's pretty easy to learn from free sources on the internet. When I first started using RS I was almost completely a beginner, I knew a few words and I could read 한글 but that's about it. I couldn't learn pretty much anything from RS. I stopped using RS for about a year after I was almost finished with Unit 1 of Level 1 since I hadn't learned anything besides the words for apple, woman, man, girl, and boy, and decided to build my knowledge in other ways before going back to it. After the year I had gained a better understanding of grammar and had a larger vocabulary and was able to complete Level 1 without needing to use a dictionary too much. However, very few of the sentences have stayed with me. I can recognize the meaning of a lot of sentences that I learned on RS, but can't reproduce most of them myself.

I started on Level 2 recently and had to quit after not learning anything due to RS using complex sentences and unclear pictures. [How would I have figured out the meaning of 기차가 지연됐어요? / Is the train delayed? just by looking at a picture?] I'm now gradually going through their pdf files and adding some slides to my SRS deck so I'll eventually learn the sentences well enough to be able to use the product and not be lost. I regret wasting money on it though.

If your goal is to be able to hold basic conversations and get a decent background in Korean, I honestly recommend Pimsleur over RS. I was very skeptical before getting Pimsleur, but where I can't reproduce pretty much any sentence I've learned using RS, I can reproduce almost everything I've learned so far using Pimsleur [I'm only on Unit 19 of Korean 1 though]. I was able to find a website which has all of the words taught in Pimsleur Korean, so I know the correct spellings to put them in my SRS deck too. :)

Edited by Sanghee on 11 February 2011 at 5:55pm

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EmmaHewitt
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 Message 6 of 20
11 February 2011 at 6:00pm | IP Logged 
Sanghee wrote:
One of the first things I did when I decided I wanted to learn Korean
was I purchased Rosetta Stone V3 [I don't have TOTALe so some of my problems may be
addressed by the additional features of V4]. It's not going to teach you to read, but
that's pretty easy to learn from free sources on the internet. When I first started
using RS I was almost completely a beginner, I knew a few words and I could read 한글
but that's about it. I couldn't learn pretty much anything from RS. I stopped using RS
for about a year after I was almost finished with Unit 1 of Level 1 since I hadn't
learned anything besides the words for apple, woman, man, girl, and boy, and decided to
build my knowledge in other ways before going back to it. After the year I had gained a
better understanding of grammar and had a larger vocabulary and was able to complete
Level 1 without needing to use a dictionary too much. However, very few of the
sentences have stayed with me. I can recognize the meaning of a lot of sentences that I
learned on RS, but can't reproduce most of them myself.

I started on Level 2 recently and had to quit after not learning anything due to RS
using complex sentences and unclear pictures. [How would I have figured out the meaning
of 기차가 지연됐어요? / Is the train delayed? just by looking at a picture?] I'm now
gradually going through their pdf files and adding some slides to my SRS deck so I'll
eventually learn the sentences well enough to be able to use the product and not be
lost. I regret wasting money on it though.

If your goal is to be able to hold basic conversations and get a decent background in
Korean, I honestly recommend Pimsleur over RS. I was very skeptical before getting
Pimsleur, but where I can't reproduce pretty much any sentence I've learned using RS, I
can reproduce almost everything I've learned so far using Pimsleur [I'm only on Unit 19
of Korean 1 though]. I was able to find a website which has all of the words taught in
Pimsleur Korean, so I know the correct spellings to put them in my SRS deck too. :)

this was very helpful, thank you ^_^.
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Cainntear
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 Message 7 of 20
11 February 2011 at 6:05pm | IP Logged 
EmmaHewitt wrote:
but yeah, i think ill search for some other methods before i
actually start learning korean. i'm one of those people who likes to have everything
planned out before i start something.

Do you mean you're one of those people who never starts?
If you've got Rosetta Stone already, you may as well start now, and move on to better things when you've gotten hold of them.
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EmmaHewitt
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 Message 8 of 20
11 February 2011 at 6:19pm | IP Logged 
Cainntear wrote:
EmmaHewitt wrote:
but yeah, i think ill search for some other methods
before i
actually start learning korean. i'm one of those people who likes to have everything
planned out before i start something.

Do you mean you're one of those people who never starts?
If you've got Rosetta Stone already, you may as well start now, and move on to better
things when you've gotten hold of them.

no, i get obsessed with things once i start them, thats why i wanted to make sure i had
what i wanted :-)


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